[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Land Master:
Google App's (gapps) and wiping Issues

It is so nice and quite in here now. The friggin RC1 thread has lost its mind. The rookies are crawling out of the woodwork and it is really annoying. I actually miss coming to this thread because it truly does contain all the groundwork for the RC release. Seeing the same issues we resolved over a week ago getting re-hashed over and over has gotten OLD.

Anyhow, I'm hoping that some of the guys/gals that have been working with this ROM return to this thread and see this post. I actually do have some questions/issues and there is no way I would post them over there. I don't believe they are RC specific anyway.

I will start by saying that I flashed the initial nightly build and ran with that until the build of the 24th. On the 24th I did a FULL wipe (Amon RA) and totally forgot to flash gapps. Upon start-up I received the typical question if I wanted Google to backup apps and data. I said yes which is how I answered the question the first night.

I started to set-up everything and then realized that ALL the gaaps were already on the phone. This includes MARKET which I had already started using to download current versions of my other favorite apps. I did notice that even though Quick Office was apparently installed, I didn't have an icon for it in the app drawer. This APK is inside the gapps zip so I thought maybe I need to flash it.

I did a Dalvik and Cache wipe, flashed the zip, and saw NO difference. I flashed the market fix and it worked so I decided to just move on.

Fast forward to the RC1 release. I did another FULL wipe (amon RA) and flashed the ROM Only. I then paid closer attention upon start-up, answered the few start-up questions and SKIPPED a google sign-in. After clicking finish, the MARKET app was already on the home screen.

I went ahead and accepted market terms and signed in. This is when I received the question about backing up apps/data to which I again responded Yes. All hell broke loose and it started downloading. Some of the apps it wanted to download were updates to those ALREADY on the phone. For example Google Talk.

At this point I said F-it and flashed Clockwork. Rebooted to recovery, Did a FULL wipe and tried it again. I did notice that Clockwork acted weird when wiping the Dalvik. It just kinda flashed and went back to the menu. I would assume this is conformation that Dalvik wipe is broken in Clockwork, at least for me.

Either way I proceeded, and NOTHING was different. I flashed back to Amon RA, repeated all the steps and....SAME thing.

So...my questions are:

1. Is this the expected behavior from the google app backup? In other words does it tie to the phone in some fashion and not my google log-in?

2. How can I turn it off?

3. Can I see a list of the apps it backs-up or otherwise control the settings?

4. I have read that this is a "feature" of Froyo. How does that work and if I desire it NOT to work how do I go about "disabling" it. In other words how can I insure that I get a full 100% clean wipe/install? When I boot without flashing gaaps, I do NOT want (expect) to see the market or other google apps.

5. Other than the above, am I experiencing some other weird issue and if so what are your thoughts.

In closing I'm sorry about the length of this post but I wanted to include as much information as possible. I hope someone will take the time to read it and set me straight. I hope its just me and not something wrong with the phone.

Thanks...